All That Is Sold Melts Into Air: Notes on Tourism

Delphine Bedel (ed)
Delphine Bedel investigates diverse historical tourist sites in Germany in relation to heritage and memory. From amusement parks and monuments to camping and beach resorts, Bedel’s photographs and videos document sites of tourism in diverse contexts. Episode Publishers. ISBN 9789059730724. Paperback. $48.50.

And It Came to Pass – Not to Stay

R Buckminster Fuller
Brings together Buckminster Fuller’s writings at their lyrical and philosophical best, including seven “essays” in a form he called “ventilated prose”. Addressing the nature of the universe, our global crisis and his predictions for the future, Fuller elegantly weaves together the personal and the sublime. Lars Müller Publishers. ISBN 9783037781326. Paperback. $35.

Architects Draw

Sue Ferguson Gussow
A practical way to help students and would-be sketchers translate what they see onto the page. For over 40 years Cooper Union professor and artist Sue Gussow has taught aspiring architects how to observe and perceive the spaces that make up our physical environment. Princeton Architectural Press. ISBN 9781568987408. Paperback. $43.50.

Are You My Mummy? Es-Tu Mon Papa?

Sophie Paine
A book for children with parents of different nationalities, in English and French. MCCM Creations. ISBN 9789889865344. Hardback. $28.

Baghdad Calling: Geert van Kesteren

Edie Peters (ed)
Photojournalist Geert van Kesteren has collected hundreds of photos from mobile phones and digital cameras of Iraqi civilians living in Jordon, Syria, Turkey and Northern Iraq, showing places that even journalists dare not enter and the lives of Iraqis displaced by war. Episode Publishers. ISBN 9789059730915. Paperback. $65.

Barragan: Space and Shadow, Walls and Colour

Daniele Pauly
Mexican architect Luis Barragan (1902-1988) is famous throughout the world for his seductive treatment of colour and space. Daniele Pauly provides an overview of his life and his architectural oeuvre, his Mexican roots, the Mediterranean influences, his Functionalist period and finally the steps to maturity as a consummate architect. Birkhäuser Verlag. ISBN 9783764387051. Paperback. $93.50.

Bernard Tschumi

Gilles de Bure
Bernard Tschumi is a border crosser in the field of contemporary architecture. He laid the cornerstone for his influential body of work two decades ago with a project that combines architecture and landscape architecture, theory and practice: the Parc de la Villette in Paris. This is the first overview of his complete body of work. Birkhäuser Verlag. ISBN 9783764386221. Hardback. $140.

the Black Book of Falling – Tik and Tok’s First Comic Book

Peter Stuart
Tik and Tok’s first appearance in the comic world. Author-artist Peter Stuart’s delicately drawn graphics incite the imagination. MCCM Creations. ISBN 9789889926670. Paperback. $27.

Bolted

Maarten Kolk
Designer Maarten Kolk let himself be guided by the daily goings-on in his vegetable garden. He observed what happened, and wrote down his findings, registering bolting vegetables with a designer's eye. Proceeding from this conceptual line of approach, he highlighted the unexpected hidden splendour of vegetables and the extraordinary colours and shapes of bolted vegetables. The result is an exceptional photo document containing intriguing images. Episode Publishers. ISBN 9789059730694. Paperback. $65.

BOMP! Saving the World One Record at a Time

Susy Shaw
BOMP! is the definitive survey of the wildly innovative magazine of rock ’n’ roll commentary and criticism that was published from 1966-1978. Before Spin and Rolling Stone, there was BOMP! From psychedelia to punk, BOMP! was THE music magazine for serious rock ’n’ roll aficionados. Ammo Books. ISBN 9780978607685. Hardback. $57.50.

Charley Harper ABC’s

Charley Harper
Charley Harper ABC’s is a graphic and delightful children’s board book featuring this American icon’s colorful illustrations of animals and nature. Ammo Books. ISBN 9781934429075. Hardback board book. $25.

Charley Harper Birds and Words

Charley Harper
This lovely reissue of the highly collectible 1974 classic is a Charley Harper gem. AMMO has carefully restored all the images and reproduced Birds & Words in its entirety and in its original format. Ammo Books. ISBN 9781934429051. Hardback. $46.50.

A China Chronicle

Zeng Li
A timely photographic record of the fast disappearing urban fabric of Beijing and other Chinese cities. 160 photographs create a lasting visual record of everyday urban environments including hutong dwellings, standardised apartments and bustling factories. MCCM Creations. ISBN 9789889926649. Hardback with slipcase. $145.

Complexity

Andrea Gleiniger and Georg Vrachliotis
Perhaps more than any other cultural discipline, architecture is confronted by complexity on the most diverse levels. This investigation into the architectural conceptualisation of complexity includes essays by Clemens Bellut, Johann Feichter, Klaus Mainzer, Denise Scott Brown, Kostas Terzidis and Robert Venturi. Birkhäuser Verlag. ISBN 9783764386887. Paperback. $42.

Cultural Activism Today

Gideon Boie et al (eds)
The central question of Cultural Activism Today is whether, and how, art can escape this suffocating situation presented by Fukuyama’s End of History theories. This volume argues that the key to a way out of this trap in the strategy of over-identification. Episode Publishers. ISBN 9789059730618. Paperback. $52.

Dartmouth College

Scott Meacham
Organised as a series of walks through the distinct neighborhoods of Dartmouth College and parts of the surrounding town of Hanover, New Hampshire, Dartmouth College provides an intimate view of one of the most unique and picturesque Ivy League campuses. Princeton Architectural Press. ISBN 9781568983486. Paperback. $43.50.

Deep Light: Marnix Goossens

Marnix Goossens
A retrospective of Goossens’ photography of the last decade made in close collaboration with the artist. Marnix Goossens’ work focuses on three main subjects: nature, portraits and still lifes. Episode Publishers. ISBN 9789059730427. Paperback. $82.

Douala in Translation

Lucia Babina ed
Douala, the economic and cultural capital of Cameroon, is one of the most important cities in Central Africa. Informal settlements, micro-economies and spontaneous use of the public space have a primary role in the formation of its urban identity. This fast growing city is the context in which doual’art, a research centre of urban practices, has been operating for more than 16 years. Since 1991 the co-founders, Marilyn Douala Bell and Didier Schaub have fostered cultural projects and commissioned site-specific art interventions, using art and culture to develop collective processes of urban change. This publication brings together cross-disciplinary analyses of Douala that seek to go beyond predictable and prejudicial views about African towns. Douala becomes a thrilling case study in which artistic practices engage and affect the cityscape. Episode Publishers. ISBN 9789059730717. Paperback. $65.

ETFE

Annette LeCuyer
ETFE foil has recently become an important material for the cladding of technologically sophisticated and innovative buildings. This in-depth introduction to the characteristics of ETFE and its applications in construction includes examples that explore in detail the specific characteristics of ETFE building skins. Birkhäuser Verlag. ISBN 9783764385637. Hardback. $140.

Faces (Colors Notebook)

Fabrica eds
Brings together a fascinating variety of faces – self- portraits as well as portraits of others. Open and coded messages from and about human beings of today, their feelings, their thoughts, and above all how they see and understand themselves – or how they would like to be seen by others. Birkhäuser Verlag. ISBN 9783764388683. Paperback. $58.50.

UK HK

Terry Farrell (ed)
16 years of London-based practice Terry Farrell and Partners since setting up in Hong Kong in early 1990, highlighting their work across the Asia-Pacific region. MCCM Creations. ISBN 9789889984298. Hardback. $145.

Forecast: Nozone X

Nicholas Blechman
Nozone is a cross between a ’zine and a political pamphlet. This issue revisualizes these abstractions about everything from our environment to our waistlines, from the stock market to the Middle East through the eyes of cartoonists and graphic designers who have made comics with a conscience. Princeton Architectural Press. ISBN 9781568987934. Paperback. $42.

Francine Broos: Interior Architect

Eleonoor Jap Sam
A selection of the projects that Francine Broos has realized since she founded her bureau in 1983. Francine Broos creates timeless spaces that through their proportions, dimensions, choice of materials, and lighting applications are comfortable to live and work in. Episode Publishers. ISBN 9789059730748. Hardback. $150.

Fuzzy

Takahashi Yoshimaru
A rare set of poster monographs by the renowned graphic designer from Osaka, Takahashi Yoshimaru. MCCM Creations. ISBN 9789889984281. Paperback. $50.

Gonzo

Hunter S Thompson
Due to popular demand, the new editon of GONZO is finally here! With the Limited Edition almost completely sold out, the GONZO Popular Edition offers the same extraordinary design and content of the book itself, at a smaller size that’s easy on the pocketbook! Ammo Books. ISBN 9780978607661. Hardback. $65.

Hong Kong Apothecary

Hong Kong Apothecary transports us to the exotic world of Eastern Medicine, a world of oils, powders, pills, and cures for every known ailment from impotency to opium addiction. This lavishly illustrated book is of interest to designers seeking inspiration in the unkown vernacular of commercial graphics as well as to the general reader. MCCM Creations. ISBN 9789628681624. Paperback. $55.

Hotel as Home – Home as Hotel

Gary Chang
Spending about 120 days a year on the road, Gary Chang has become something of an expert on hotels. His favourite hotels are those places that have a certain special quality, whether in New York, Sydney or Istanbul. This personal selection of an obsessive traveller is a unique guide to the personal and intimate when on the road. MCCM Creations. ISBN 9789889865351. Paperback. $50.

Hunch 11: Rethinking Representation

Penelope Dean (ed)
This eleventh edition of hunch offers a list of representational labels spanning from species to techniques to activities. Peter Eisenman begins the anthology with an essay outlining his move away from the “index” toward the “post-indexical”, or the production of “figures”, which he finds necessary for today’s revised subjects and readers. Episode Publishers. ISBN 9789078525028. Paperback. $43.

Impression Architecture

Shinnoske Sugisaki
A rare set of poster monographs by the renowned graphic designer from Osaka, Shinnoske Sugisaki. MCCM Creations. ISBN 9789889984274. Paperback. $50.

Interactive Architecture 1

Kes Oosterhuis and Nora Schueler (eds)
Each issue of iA will consist of scientific papers on particular aspects of iA and iA-driven MSc projects, iA-inspired case studies from practice, interviews with a renowned researcher/practitioner, and blogs by Kas Oosterhuis. Episode Publishers. ISBN 9789059730588. Paperback. $50.

Into the Magical World of Delite

Lio Beardsley
The personal log book of illustrator Lio Beardsley, who shares her world, her dream home, her joys, the people she has met or dreamed of meeting in a magical world of delight. MCCM Creations. ISBN 9889761092. Hardback. $45.

Joel Meyerowitz: Out of the Ordinary 1970-1980

Joel Meyerowitz
A selection of photographs made by award-winning photographer Joel Meyerowitz between 1970 and 1980. This catalogue accompagnied the exhibition Out of the Ordinary 1970-1980 at the Jeu de Paume in Paris. Episode Publishers. ISBN 9789059730670. Paperback. $82.

Kitsch Unedited

Jan Andriesse (ed)
This publication accompanied the Jan Andriesse exhibition 30 years of drawing held at De Pont Museum of Contemporary Art in Tilburg. At the invitation of the artist, his colleagues, friends and acquaintances have put their thoughts on Kitsch today into words and made them available for this publication. Episode Publishers. ISBN 9789074529228. Paperback. $43.

Love of Learning

Peter Stuart
The third Tik and Tok book follows the heroes’ adventures in The Great House of Learning. MCCM Creations. ISBN 9789628613250. Hardback. $22.

Lucha Loco

Malcolm Venville
Lucha Loco offers a unique and compelling depiction of Mexican wrestling and the life of a Luchadore. Ammo Books. ISBN 9781934429006. Hardback. $82.50.

Lulu

Lulu de Kwiatkowski
Lulu is a sumptuous first monograph on artist Lulu de Kwiatkowski’s colorful, dreamlike, and autobiographical handmade collages. Lulu is an acclaimed designer that is well known for her own textile line LULU DK. What is less known however, is that Lulu is also a prolific fine artist with an extensive body of work that has never before been published. Ammo Books. ISBN 9780978607678. Hardback. $165.

Marmol Radziner + Associates

Leo Marmol and Ron Radziner
Praised as “modernist savants”, Marmol Radziner have redefined the indoor-outdoor California lifestyle made famous by legendary mid-century modernists such as Richard Neutra and Albert Frey. Their multifaceted projects include residential, commercial and institutional buildings, home restorations, furniture and prefab home manufacturing. Princeton Architectural Press. ISBN 9781568987446. Paperback. $70.

Morphe

RIEA eds
The new volume in the RIEA Concepts Series introduces the UrbanLobby project by MRGD, the young London architecture office started by Melike Altinisik, Samer Chamoun and Daniel Widrig. The office recently won the SwissArtsAward 2007 for its work and their projects have been shown in a number of AA Gallery exhibitions. Springer Verlag. ISBN 9783211757895. Paperback. $58.50.

Nathan Road

Kenneth Lo
Nathan Road is the main thoroughfare in Kowloon, lined with landmark buildings such as the Peninsula Hotel. This photographic documentation of the street, presenting each building from both sides of the street in one continuous panel folded into an accordion format. MCCM Creations. ISBN 9789889926625. Hardback. $40.

Non Fictional Narratives. Denton Corker Marshall

Leon Van Schaik
The Australian architectural firm DCM is one of the most important players in the Pacific region. Among the most important recent projects presented in this book are the Civil Justice Centre in Manchester and Webb Bridge in Melbourne. With the Chong Qing International New Town the firm has taken on the planning of an entire city for the first time. Birkhäuser Verlag. ISBN 9783764379575. Hardback. $135.

North

Peter Stuart
Another Tik and Tok comic which sees them fleeing into the frozen north to avoid the world’s media. MCCM Creations. ISBN 9789889865399. Hardback. $28.

Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth

R Buckminster Fuller
A brilliant synthesis of Fuller’s world view in which he investigates the great challenges facing humanity and the principles for avoiding extinction and “exercising our option for success”. Fuller offers advice on how to guide Spaceship Earth towards a sustainable future. Lars Müller Publishers. ISBN 9783037781265. Paperback. $35.

Our Home, Shek Kip Mei 1954-2006

Vincent Yu
Follows the story of the first public housing estate in Hong Kong from its establishment in 1954 as a temporary solution to Hong Kong’s housing crisis to its demolition in November 2006. MCCM Creations. ISBN 9789889926632. Flexibound with canvas jacket. $50.

Over and Over

Mike Perry
From the bestselling author of Hand Job comes a collection of groundbreaking work from 50 of today’s most talented designers who create patterns by hand and use them in their work in inventive and innovative ways. Featuring more than 250 vibrant and exciting patterns that will inspire designers everywhere. Princeton Architectural Press. ISBN 9781568987576. Paperback. $58.50.

Papa’s Forest Bus

GreeNose ZaZaki
A book for kids who love buses and animal adventures in which Ken and his father take animals in the Forest Bus to an annual reunion at the Forest Terminus. MCCM Creations. ISBN 9789889865337. Hardback. $26.

Peek-a-Boo Street

Karmel Schreyer
The story of a little girl who goes for a walk with her father and uncovers the many wonders that adults overlook in their busy lives. MCCM Creations. ISBN 9789889865368. Hardback. $26.

Persistence of Vision

Kengo Kuma et al
A collection of essays by 50 architects, both local and international, who live and work in Shanghai talking about their lives, projects, views and vision for the city and its architecture. MCCM Creations. ISBN 9789889984250. Flexibound. $67.

Present: Percentage for Art in the Netherlands 2004-2006

Tanja Karreman
A detailed and illustrated overview of all the art commissioned under the Dutch one per cent rule (which states that at least one per cent of the construction budget for a public building must be earmarked for art). Episode Publishers. ISBN 9789059730601. Paperback. $60.

Rehab: Ben Laloua, Didier Pascal

Ben Laloua & Didier Pascal
Photographer Nick Ut immortalised Paris Hilton on her way to jail. He is the same man who took the photo of the Vietnamese girl running away from a napalm attack precisely 35 years earlier. Ben Laloua and Didier Pascal rework these images for a poster campaign around Amsterdam. Episode Publishers. ISBN 9789059730700. Paperback. $65.

’scape 5 (Vol 1 2008)

Stiftung Landscape Architecture eds
The latest issue of 'scape magazine takes as its theme cultural landscapes with articles on man-made landscapes where nature is artifice, how Europeans have approached their landscape, and original designs from the Triennale Apeldoorn. Birkhäuser Verlag. ISBN 9783764386764. Paperback. $35.

The Secret of the Universe

Peter Stuart
The fourth Tik and Tok adventure takes place in the magical world of the theatre where they meet a very odd cast of characters. MCCM Creations. ISBN 9789628681617. Hardback. $26.